1868. MCCALL, George A., Major-General LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIERS, written during a period of thirty years' service in the army of the United States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. 12mo. 539 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, brown coated endpapers. Ex-library, with all the usual marks; the..... More
1864. (MCCLELLAN, George B., Maj.-Gen.) WEST POINT BATTLE MONUMENT: History of the project to the dedication of the site, June 15th, 1864. Oration of Maj.-Gen. McClellan. New York: Sheldon & Co., Publishers, 1864. 12mo.: 35,[4] pp. Ex library. In an edgeworn and lightly scuffed library binding of marbled boards with..... More
1843. MCINTOSH, John. THE ORIGIN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. New York: Nafis & Cornish; St. Louis, MO: Nafis, Cornish & Co.,; Philadelphia: John B. Perry (1843). New edition, improved and enlarged. xxxv + (39-) 345 pp. 12mo., later brown library buckram with hand-lettered soine title. Ex-library with usual markings..... More
1880. MEEHAN, Thomas. NATIVE FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR BOTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL ASPECTS. Philadelphia: American Nat. History Pub. Co., Limited, 1880. Second Series, Volumes 1 & 2. Illustrated with 96 chromolithographic plates (48 in each volumes) by L. Prang & Co., Boston, MA. Two quarto..... More
1895. American Civil War. The first nine volumes commissioned by the MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS was published in Boston and New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and in Cambridge by the Riverside Press, from 1895-1912. The Society's founder, John C. Ropes, called for a "Society for the investigation..... More
1912. MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. REGISTER OF THE COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. Cambridge: The University Press, 1912. Frontispiece. xxxvi,522 pp. Large ocatvo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board, t.e.g. Bookplate. Cloth shows general light soiling and..... More
1834. (Mitchell and Hinman). ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S REFERENCE AND DISTANCE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES; Containing an Index of all the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, etc., in the Union; Together With an Index of the Rivers. Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. With publisher's label to front pastedown. 324pp. 8vo., marbled..... More
18. MORRILL, L. M. SPEECH OF HON. L. M. MORRILL, OF MAINE. ON THE CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1862. [N.p., n.d.] 16 pp. 8vo., signatures pinned at the center. Infrequent and faint foxing throughout. Internal text leaves are clean; whereas the..... More
1888. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1888. New York: Brentanos, 1888. xvi,656 pp. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers bound in a library binding of brown cloth and marbled boards, with a hand-lettered spine label. A few..... More
1795. NEALE, Mary. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF MARY NEALE, FORMERLY MARY PEISLEY. Principally compiled from her own writings. Dublin: Printed by John Cough, successor to R. Jackson..., 1795. First edition. 12mo. 120 pp. Contemporary binding of full mottled calf, with a red label and decorative..... More
1939. NEVINS, Allan. FREMONT; Pathmarker of the West. New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. First edition. 649 pp. Lightly illustrated. 8vo., blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front board. A fine copy in a dust jacket with glassine cover that shows minor scuffing/edgewear... More
18. (NEW ENGLAND TRACT SOCIETY). THE COTTAGER'S WIFE. A narrtive written by a clergyman of the Church of England. Taken, with some omissions, from the Christian Observer. (Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould, 1815). Tract No. 63. First edition. 24 pp. Bound with: THE..... More
1902. New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. FINAL REPORT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1902. Three quarto volumes in original decorated-cloth bindings, continuously paginated: 1462 pp. Illustrated throughout, including 5 fold-out pocket maps. Paper is lightly age-toned, but the text..... More
1908. (NICHOLAS, Alexander F., comp.) SECOND BRIGADE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM: Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the position of four regiments of the Pennsylvania reserves engaged in the..... More
1820. NICHOLSON, John. THE FARMER'S ASSISTANT; BEING A DIGEST OF ALL THAT RELATES TO AGRICULTURE, AND THE CONDUCTING OF RURAL AFFAIRS; ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, AND ADAPTED FOR THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, printed by William Dickson, 1820. 468 pp. Small 4to., 7 7/8 inches tall, original calf with gilt spine..... More
1917. FE. NUTTING, Wallace. A WINDSOR HANDBOOK. Comprising Illustrations & Descriptions of Windsor Furniture of all Periods including Side Chairs, Arm Chairs, Comb-Backs, Writing-Arm Windsors, Babies' High Backs, Babies' Low Chairs, Child's Chairs, also Settees, Love Seats, Stools & Tables. Framingham: Old America Company, (1917). Ink ownership. Slight soiling to..... More
1934. CURRY, Robert. ORMSBEE, Thomas Hamilton. THE STORY OF AMERICAN FURNITURE. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First edition. Illustrated with photos and line drawings by Robert Curry. xxi,[1],276 pp. Octavo, brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Paste action to endpapers else clean and crisp. It is..... More
1876. [Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orleans] PARIS, comte de. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Translated, with the approval of the author, by Louis F. Tasistro. Edited by Henry Coppee. Philadelphia: Jos. H. Coates & Co., 1876. Volume 1 only. Fold-out maps with outline color. Octavo. xvi,640 pp. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped armorial..... More
1837. PECK, J. M. A GAZETTEER OF ILLINOIS, IN THREE PARTS: Containing a general view of the state, a general view of each county, and a particular description of each town, settlement, stream, prairie, bottom, bluff, etc.; alphabetically arranged. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1837. Second edition, "entirely revised, corrected, and..... More
1913. [PERIODICALS] Trevelyan, Francis & Frank Allaben, eds. THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLS. I - VII PLUS INDEX I - V. New Haven/Greenfield, IN: Associated Publishers of American Records/Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1907-1913. Quarterly, four numbers in each volume, Volumes I - VII. 764 + [14 pp.]/716 + [16..... More
1903. [PERIODICALS]. THE BASKET: THE JOURNAL OF THE BASKET FRATERNITY OR LOVERS OF INDIAN BASKETS AND OTHER GOOD THINGS. Pasadena: George Wharton James, 1903. VOL.1, NOS. 1-4 bound as 3. 8vo, 6"x 9 1/4". In original printed wrappers. Illustrated throughout. Binding of Nos. 1 & 2 is cracked with about..... More
1751. POMFRET, Rev. Mr. John. POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCAIONS. Boston: Zechariah Fowle, 1751. 11th edition, corrected. pp. 1-130 (incomplete, missing pp. 41-47, 123-126 and last 40 pages). 24mo., calf, wood boards worn, slightly chipped at corners. Spine partially detached, chipped 1/2 inch at heel and crown, front joint splitting. Lacks..... More
1900. [POSTCARDS]. Album of Post Cards and Greeting Cards. 64 cards collected in a black album with printed title. Cards date from early 20th century and include cards from a variety of occasions: Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day as well as some assorted humorous and New England travel related cards..... More
1932. PRIME, Alfred Coxe, ed. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1721-1785: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS (with) THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1786-1800, SERIES TWO: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS. Topsfield, MA: The Walpole Society, 1929-1932. First Volume: Limited to 500 copies. viii +..... More
1859. [SCIENCE/ZOOLOGY] REPORTS OF EXPLORATION AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. VOLUME X. Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1859. 400 + 27 + 97 + 13 pp. plus 28 hand colored plates, and 94 b/w plates. 4to...... More